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News in Brief 31 March 2023

  • UN rights chief deplores ‘shockingly routine’ violations in Ukraine
  • Türkiye, Syria aid response continues, food security under threat
  • Mozambique health crisis deepens in Cyclone Freddy aftermath

 

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News in Brief 7 February 2023

  • Türkiye, Syria quake latest: full scale of disaster still unfolding: UN agencies
  • Security Council condemns attack against MONUSCO chopper in DR Congo
  • UN rights chief Türk calls for probe after scores killed in Somalia clashes
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News in Brief 16 January 2023

  • Economic slowdown likely to force workers to accept lower quality jobs - ILO
  • UN rights chief’s condemnation for Burkina Faso ‘broad daylight’ abductions
  • Pakistan: rights experts urge action on coerced religious conversions, child marriage
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Hollywood helps highlight Europe’s 20th Century refugee crisis

In 1959, Hollywood stars Gregory Peck and Doris Day were at the height of their careers.

But thanks to the former First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, - a delegate to the first ever UN General Assembly session in 1946 - that was the year they took part in what was arguably the most star-studded show ever produced by UN Radio.

“Life Begins At Ten”, tells the story of the last great European refugee crisis - before today’s era of epic life-and-death struggles on the part of refugees and migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean.

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